Nevada County picayune., 1887-11-23
] E. A g earthly Scenes Upon Which the Doomed
 Anarchists Look.
SPIES, FISCHER, ENGRL AND PARSONS
 PAY THE DEATH PENALTY.
| hrossied by tisc Law, she scsf-Sasnc Law That hey Hoped to
 Throttle.
Their Very Last Utterances Were
 Hurrah for Anarchy"
The Anarchists Die Very Hard-Hist0-
 ry of the Crime.

COOK COUNTY JAIL, CHICAGO,
 Nov. ll.-lt lacked just seven min
 utes and d half of the hour of high
 noon when single white shroud- ed tlgure, above which was Il face ot yelloWish pallor-the face ot
 August Sples-passed the first post of the gallows. The gaping crowd. ten feet below, half rose involunta- rIly from their chairs at the first glance of the appartion advancing to the Scaffold.
 Spies looked calm and glanced down at the reporters With d trace of his old-tine synical smile He walked firmly over the drop gud- ed bS the grasp of d deputy to the furthest edge of the gallows. Fol lowing him came Fischer. FiSch- CTS countenance had peculiar gIisten, totally unlike the ashiness of EngeFs heavy features and in strange contrast with the dead lack ol color iu the pinched linea- ments of Parsons The once jaun- ty, vlyaciouS Texan came last, withered old man. He had aged twenty years since the day and hour, scarce twelve months before, when he ripped lightly into the court before Judge Gary and flip rantly declared he was ready to be tried at once for his life. The moment his feet touched the scaf- told Parsous seemed completely to loose his identity and to
 FEEL THAT SPIRIT
 was no longer part of his body. He had wrought himself to an ecstacy of solemn self-gloritication. Only he--the one Americau-seemcd to realize to the full that he must die in a manner to impress, if possible upon ali future generations that he was martyr. No tragedlan that has paced the Stige Ill Amerl- ca ever made d more marvellous presentation Of selt-ch0Sen part perfect in every detail. The upward turn of his eyes, his dis tant. far away look. and above all the attitude of apparent complete resignation that every fold of the awkward shroud only served to make more distinct, was by far the most striking feature of the entire gallows picture.
 The square form of Engel along side with stupid, wide jawed face, made d hideous contrast to Par son. 5 assumption of the role ot a martyr. Fischer was head and houlders taller than the other three, making his occasional looks f too evident brayado more uo- uceable than might otherwise be at a sorry disadvantage compared with the steady coolness of Spies. The latter's exhibition ot quet, thorough nerve far surpassed as wonder the demeauor of any of his comrades. Four deputies, stand ing to the rear of the condemned men, began without delay to ad- just the ropes, Spies moose being the one first placed. He did not appear to regard it of any more consequence than d new linen col lar. The knot was slipped down and closed against his neck. Spies did not show d tremor, but when the same process was beng carried out with Fischer, he tuned and quickly whispered to the balllii some suggestions concerning the rope. Fischer's occasional ardor was quite notieeably lessened when he
 FELT THE HEMPEN STRAND, and Enuel bit his nnderlip hard when his time came. Just then, Dr. Murphy, young physlciah standing back of Eugel, whisper inglA cracked a joke at EngePS ear. Incredible as if may be, the anar' ,d,i.t laughed outright, with the rope around his neck, and while another was being fastened on Parsons hy his side. But the gro tesone laugh stopped in an lnslapi, and parsons meekly as saint, east